THE PLAYROOM (Police Proc-England-Cont) - Ex

Connor, John – 2^nd in series

Orion, 2005 – UK Hardcover

DC Karen Sharpe has been contacted by a woman who claims she was kidnapped and raped 10 years ago by a local MP. In the meantime, the

daughter of a local judge has been reported missing. Although a major task force has been created,

Sharpe is left off the team.…

THE SPOOK'S APPRENTICE (Fantasy-England-1600s) – VG

Delaney, Joseph – 1^st of series

The Bodley Head, 2004 – UK

Hardcover

Thomas Ward is the seventh son of the seventh son. His mother knew he had special talents and his father has apprenticed him to the local

Spook. Thomas will learn to contain

witches and bind boggerts, but he has already forgotten his…

KILLING PAPARAZZI (Amateur Sleuth-Los Angeles-Cont) – G-

Eversz, Robert – 2^nd in series

St. Martin's Minatour, 2001, Hardcover

Newly out of prison, photographer Nina Zero agrees to a green-card marriage for $2,000. The husband is a Brit and paparazzi. Nina joins their ranks but when someone starts killing the paparazzi,…

JASS (Private Investigator-New Orleans-1909) – VG

Fulmer, David – 2^nd in series

Harcourt, 2005- Hardcover

Investigator Valentin St. Cyr is asked to look into the deaths of four New Orleans musicians.

Although the manor of each death is different, they all once played in

the same "jass" band. When St.

Cyr is pressured to give up the…

DEAD AS A DOORNAIL (Paranormal Mystery-Louisiana-Cont) – G+

Harris, Charlaine – 5^th in series

ACE, 2005- Hardcover

Bartender and telepath Sookie Stackhouse is concerned when someone is shooting the local Weres (as in werewolves and other shifters). When her boss, Sam, is shot

in the leg, Sookie has to ask Eric, the head Vampire for the area, for the loan

of a…

DEARLY DEPARTED (Private Investigator-Minnesota-Cont) – VG

Housewright, David – 3^rd in series

Foul Play Press, 1999- Hardcover

P.I. Holland Taylor truly dislikes attorney Hunter Truman. But he can't ignore the tape recording Truman plays which begins "If you are listening to this

now, it is because I am dead."

Truman hires Taylor

to…

SCAMMING THE BIRDMAN (Amateur Sleuth-New York-Cont) – VG

Karp, Larry – 2^nd in series

Write Way Publishing, 2000- Hardcover

Dr. Thomas Purdue collects antique music boxes. A fellow collector asks him to look at his wife, found paralyzed in the park.

The wife dies and Thomas learns she had helped an unethical collector,

Vincent LoPriore,…

DIE LIKE A HERO (Unlicensed Investigator-D.C./New Hampshire-1800s) – NR

Linsley, Clyde – 3^rd in series

Berkeley, 2005 - Paperback

Josiah Beede called to Washington, D. C. and is asked to investigate the death of President Harrison. In the meantime, on a trip back to his home in New Hampshire,

the new husband of a woman…

NIGHTCRAWLERS (Private Investigators-San Francisco-Cont) – G+

Pronzini, Bill – 32^nd in "Nameless" series

Forge, 2005-Hardcover

Nameless, who is now referred to by his name of Bill, is now the semi-retired partner of the agency. Bill has been called to the deathbed of an acquaintance, Russ Dancer, who gives Bill a package to be given to his

mother-in-law after Russ…

THE STERLING INHERITANCE (Private Investigator-Fictional town (Part of Sacramento)-Cont) – G+

Siverling, Michael – 1^st book

Thomas Dunn Books, 2004- Hardcover

PI Jason Wilder and the Midnight Investigation Agency, has been hired to find Tony Sterling. When he does, Sterling tries to shoot him. Sterling is then arrested for murder of a man found in the dumpster behind the…

DEAD RUN (Amateur Sleuths-Wisconsin-Cont)- VG

Tracy, P.J. – 3^rd book

Putnam, 2005- Hardcover

Monkeewrench members Grace McBride, Annie Belinsky and FBI agent Sharon Mueller are heading to Green Bay to work with the local police.

While taking a side trip and Grace's Land Rover brakes down so they…

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (Amateur Sleuth-London-1700s) – VG

Alexander, Bruce – 11^th, and final, book

Putnam, 2005- Hardcover

Sir John Fielding and Jeremy Procter look into the sudden death of Lord Lammermoor, a member of the House of Lords. Lammermoor was walking across Westminster…

THE INNOCENT (Suspense-US-Cont) – Ex

Coben, Harlan – Standalone

Dutton, 2005 – Hardcover

Matt Hunter is an ex-con whose life seems to be coming together. He has a wife he adores, a baby on the way and is about to buy a home in his old hometown. So why, on his cell phone, does he…

THE BLACK ANGEL (Thriller-US/Europe-Cont) – G-

Connolly, John - 6th in series

Atria Books, 2005 - ARC

Charlie Parker is trying to settle into life with his partner and new baby. At a party celebrating the baby's baptism, the Aunt of Charlie's friend, Louis, arrives telling him his niece, a

prostitute and addict, has…

VINEYARD BLUES- (Amateur Sleuth-Martha's Vineyard, MA-Cont) – G

Craig, Philip R. – 11^th in series

Scribner, 2000- Hardcover

J.W. Jackson receives a visit from Corrie Appleyard, an old blues man who had been a friend of his father. While Corrie is playing at a local club, a house, owned by a local

slumlord,…

THE SIGN OF THE BOOK (Amateur Sleuth-Colorado-Cont) – G+

Dunning, John – 4^th in series

Scribner, 2005- Hardcover

Cliff Janeway is a former policeman and now bookstore owner and collector. He is asked by his attorney girlfriend Erin to investigate the arrest of Erin's

former best friend, Laura, who has…

HEX AND THE CITY (Fantasy) – G+

Green, Simon R. – 4^th in series

Ace, 2005- Paperback

Investigator John Taylor has been hired by Lady Luck to find out the origin and purpose of Nightside, that part of London where it is always 3 a.m. In his hunt, he teams with Madman, who had been driven mad by seeing reality,…

A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES (Amateur Sleuth-England-1300s) – G

Gregory, Susanna – 1^st in series

Time Warner Paperback, 1996- Paperback

Matthew Bartholomew is a physician and teacher at the University of Cambridge, which is suddenly having an epidemic of unexplained deaths that, he is told, relate to a power…

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN (Suspense-New York, Oregon/Cont) – G+

Margolin, Phillip – 3^rd book

Harper Torch, 1993- Paperback

Portland attorney, Betsy Tannenbaum, is given a large retainer against future work by wealthy businessman Martin Darius. When the

bodies of women who've been…

CAVIAR DREAMS (Mystery-Cincinnati, OH-Cont) – Ex

Nichols, Judy – 1^st book

Zumaya Publications, 2003- Trade paperback

Struggling photographer Lisa Watson is concerned when her friend Debbie takes up with a seemingly charming man she met in a video store. Derek figures he can live a comfortable life with while…